- In Algeria, the technical landfill centre (CET) of El Biar has just been equipped with facilities for biogas production.
- These are three collection wells, each 4 m deep.
- The biogas from these wells will be transformed into electricity to power the CET facilities.
The El Biar technological landfill center in Algeria is currently relying on self-consumption of low-carbon electricity to combat the pollution brought on by fuel oil, a notorious pollutant made up of a mixture of hydrocarbons, additives, and dyes from oil refining (editor’s note). Three 4-meter-deep biogas collection wells have just been installed at the center, which is situated in one of Batna’s southern suburbs. This gas is created during the fermentation of organic waste by microbes.
The University of Batna-1 and the local government collaborated to carry out the project. Three biogas collection wells provide the 35-kW power plant. The El Biar CET will be able to use this electricity to power its facilities for the incineration of specific waste, particularly hospital waste, whose treatment calls for a high degree of technology and adherence to a number of legal requirements.
The El Biar technical landfill center will be outfitted with five more collection wells over the coming months, according to Belkacem Aouane, head of the applied energy physics laboratory at the Faculty of Material Sciences at the University of Batna-1, reducing the reliance of its facilities on the national electricity network. Each of the new, 20-meter-deep wells will provide a 500-kW power plant.